6 JUNE 1970, Page 6

Obstacle races

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

When the Kenyans are choosing a team for the race, They don't reckon an Asian is fit for a place, And Indian committees, if proud of their caste,

Think Untouchable players must wait till

the last.

In Ceylon, too, the Tamils, In Nigeria Ibos Find it hard to obtain their selectors' Placebos.

Multiracial precepts, that regulate sport, Appear of highly peculiar sort, With everyone anxious to save their own faces By protesting when others ban other men's races.

Is it only in England the claim can be made Multiracial sport there is actually played?